Rasselas The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale

by Samuel Johnson

$6,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, one of 1500 printed by William Strahan. viii, 159; viii, 165 pp. A2r of vol. II in first, uncorrected state; terminal blank M4 present. 1 vols. Small 8vo 5-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches . Olive levant gilt, a.e.g., by Birdsall. George Barr McCutcheon copy with his bookplate. Spines uniformly toned. Fine. Courtney & Smith, p. 87; Chapman & Hazen, p. 142; Fleeman I, 785-8; Rothschild 142; Tinker 1314. Item #234811

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